Chelsea manager Antonio Conte will tread with caution regarding the fitness of recovering centre-back Kurt Zouma.

The France international suffered a horrible knee injury during Chelsea's clash with Manchester United in February.

Conte revealed that the 21-year-old has been making progress in training, but is still some way off from making a full recovery.

"Today he started the aerobic work for the first time," Conte said on Tuesday.

"When we have a very strong situation, no [he is not involved]. We wait because we must respect the right time for him.

"Now we are preparing for him to go and train when there aren't very strong situations. He has also started to play our idea of football when we have the ball, and also without the ball.

"We know he is recovering but I know he needs more time to recover. It's important we don't push him. I had the same injury and I know from experience when the player is ready to go."